A luxurious new 36-storey condominium could soon be rising from the ashes of an extended-stay hotel on Jarvis Street, just south of Gerrard Street East.
Minto Communities Inc. has submitted an application to the City of Toronto seeking permission to tear down and replace the Inglewood Arms Hotel — A three-story long term lodging facility at 295 Jarvis, backing onto George Street.
Unlike the Palace Arms and Waverly Hotel — two other low income, long-term rental buildings recently slated for redevelopment — there's not a whole lot of information readily available about the Inglewood, save for reports of a 1985 murder and some serial arson activity.
The building that is now the Inglewood Arms Hotel on Jarvis Street was built in the early 20th century, according to documents submitted to the City of Toronto. Image via Google Maps.
A heritage assessment and housing issues report submitted by Minto earlier this month indicates that the building currently houses 95 private rooms, 28 of them with private bathrooms. It has a rooming house license from the City of Toronto and operates "almost entirely on a walk-in basis," according to the housing report.
The Inglewood is not listed in the Heritage Register, but one property adjacent to it is: A three-storey row housing dating to 1890, built in the Romanesque Revival style using brick, sandstone and terra cotta, at 285-291 Jarvis Street.
Architectural plans by CORE Architects show that the lower portion of the proposed condo building's podium is set back to "provide for generous publicly accessible open space at grade while preserving views to the adjacent heritage building."
With 36 storeys, the proposed condo tower at 295 Jarvis will be signifiantly higher than anything else in the immediate area. Image via CORE Architects/City of Toronto submission.
The building has also been designed, according to Minto, to relate well to the scale of buildings along Jarvis Street both to the south and across the street, and promises a rooftop amenity level with city views.
If all goes well for developers, they will proceed with a tower containing 352 existential units: 14 studios, 224 one-bedrooms, 97 two-bedrooms, and 16 three-bedrooms.
"The building’s relationship with the public realm is a key focus of the design," reads the application. "The Proposed Development will provide eyes on the street, additional liveliness and vibrancy, and reinforce the relationship between street and built form."
More importantly, it will be just a hop, skip and a jump from Toronto's most-storied Harvey's. Delicious.
by Lauren O'Neil via blogTO
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